Hat
Verlaine
Category
Costume
Date
1917
Materials
Straw, silk satin and cotton
Measurements
90 mm (Height)
Place of origin
Rue de la Paix
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 609724
Summary
Black brimmed hat made of open mesh ridged straw. The hat is comprised mainly of cotton net with a cream organdie lining. Straight sided crown, graduated brim narrow at back of head; crown trimmed with black silk satin ribbon, 148 cm x 1080 mm, and tied with streamers. Trim on the brim is black cotton net with black satin rolled edges. Made by Verlaine in Paris in 1917. A note written by Teresa, 8th Lady Berwick (1890-1972), reads: 'This hat was given to me by Bernard Berenson in Florence 1917 as a result of a bet that America had declared her entry into the Great War - bought from Bossi.' Bernard Berenson (1865-1959) was an American born Art Historian and friend of Teresa's family. Teresa stayed with the Berensons at their Italian villa during the First World War whilst having a break from her wartime nursing duties on the Italian Front. This hat seems to have been a favourite of the 8th Lady Berwick's. The hat is probably the one shown in photograph number 610190.66 (Lady Berwick wearing a large black hat in the garden at Cronkhill, circa 1921); 610190.111 and 610190.112 (Lady Berwick wearing the hat in 1922 outside Attingham Hall); in 610190.172 (Lady Berwick wearing the hat at a garden fete at Attingham on 10th July 1924); in 610190.175 (Lady Berwick judging the garden fete baby show at Attingham in 1924).
Provenance
8th Lady Berwick collection; bequeathed to the National Trust by Edith Teresa Hulton, Lady Berwick (1890-1972).
Marks and inscriptions
This hat was given to me by Bernhard Berenson in Florence 1917 as a result of a bet that America had declared her entry into the Great War - bought from Bossi (note by Lady Berwick)
Makers and roles
Verlaine